Buckle



(No Model.)

G. BRADSHAW.

BUCKLE. No. 386,293. Patented July 17, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE RADSHAW, OF MATTOON, lLLlNOlS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,293, dated July 17,1888.

Application led November 2G, 1837. Serial No. 256.233.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORG-n BRADsHAw, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Mattoon, in the county ofColes and State ofIlli nois,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or tigures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specilication.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is aback View. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View.Fig. 4 is a plan View of a blank from which one of the parts is made.Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe otherpart after being bent intoshape.

The invention relates to improvements in buckles, the object being toprovide a simple and cheap article of the kind, which can be quickly andeasily applied, which will engage its parts automatically when pulled bythe web to which it is attached, and which can besubstituted for buttonsor equivalent fastenings on garments.

The invention consists inthe construction and novel combination of partshereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A and B, respectively, designatethe two separate parts of which the device is made, and which are causedto engage andare held together by the connecting-web, as hereinafterfully explained.

- The piece A consists of theplate C,the transverse loop D at one end ofsaid plate, and the keeper-socket E at the other end and on one sidethereof, the said soeketkeeper being preferably made by bending up theend and bend ing inward the correspondidg edge portions of the plate C,which edge portions stand outward from the part of the plate forming thebentup portion ofthe keeper-socket. Thus all the parts of the piece Aare integral and made from a blank represented by Fig. "L of thedrawings.

(No model.)

The piece B is made of a single strip of bent wire, and consists ofthetransverse loop F, the inger-hold G, made on the center of one bar ofsaid loop, and the pin or tongue H, depending froni the opposite barthereof'.

The end of the tongue H, when the pieces A B are engaged, enters thekeeper-socket, and loop F of the piece B stands above the loop C ot' thepiece A with the inger-hold G on the side opposite to that on which thekeepersocket stands. The web is used to engage the two parts A and Bofthe buckle.

l represents asnspcnder-strap, which passes down through the loop F, thefinger-hold G being outward from said strap. The strap then passesdownward through the loop D ol' the piece A, and then up through theloop F. It then bends over the lower bar ofthe latter loop, and has thetongue H stuck through it to retain it in place, the end of the tonguerest ing in the keepersocket.

J J are end straps, which extend below the suspender-strap. The said endstraps are engaged by the tongue H, which holds them to the upper partol' the device.

As the tongue has a hold upon the suspender-strap, the piece B isconnected to the tongue, and the suspender-strap passes through theloops of both pieces A and B, it is plain that when the strap is drawnupward the pieces A B will be drawn together bythe sus ponder-strap andheld together thereby, the pull on the strap Yforcing the point of thetongue down in the keepensocket.

The end straps of the suspender are either transfixed on the tongue orpassed between it and the part A of the device. rlhe latter arrangementis used more especially when the suspender-ends are integral with eachother.

To disengage the buckle, the finger-hold G is pushed up, and the tongueH thereby disengaged t'roln the keeper-socket.

The device as thus described is of simple construction. There are buttwo parts, each made of a single piece, and the said two parts are heldrnily together by the pull of the web.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The combination of the piece A,of sheet metal, provided at one end with a keeper socket and at theother end with a transverse loop, and the piece B, made of wire and pro-ICO vided with the transverse loop,thengerhold, and the tongue adaptedto engage the keeper7 su bstantiall y as specified.

2. The combination of tlie piece A, consist-V with the strap or webengaging the pieces A I5 and B, substantially as specified.

4. rlhe combination of the metallic piece provided with a transverse'loop and a keeper, the metallic piece B, having a transverse loop and atongue or pin extending therefrom, and 2o the web engaging said parts,substantially as specified.

In testimony Whereofl affix my signature in presence 'of two witnesses.

GEORGE BRADSHAW.

Witnesses:

O. C. HONNARY, A. B. GRUYCRAFT.

